The California Dream was a WTT team that played at Dream Stadium at Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights, California, in the United States. The team was founded in 1993, as the Kansas City Explorers. After 20 seasons in Kansas City, the team moved to Irving, Texas, for the 2013 season and was renamed the Texas Wild. On February 23, 2015, WTT announced that a new ownership group had taken control of the Wild and moved the team to California, renaming it the California Dream.[1] In January 2016, the franchise was terminated by WTT due to noncompliance with the league.[2] Prior to folding, the Dream was the oldest continuously operating franchise in WTT.
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| Sport | Team tennis |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 (moved to California on February 23, 2015) |
| Folded | January 13, 2016 |
| League | World TeamTennis |
| Conference | Western 2000–2015 |
| Team history | Kansas City Explorers 1993–2012 Texas Wild 2013–2014 California Dream 2015 |
| Based in | Citrus Heights, California |
| Stadium | Dream Stadium at Sunrise Mall |
| Colors | |
| Owner | Jeff Launius Bob Kaliski Michael Malone |
| Head coach | David Macpherson |
| Championships | 2010 King Trophy (as Kansas City Explorers) |
| Website | www |
The franchise won its only King Trophy as WTT champions in 2010, as the Kansas City Explorers.
Team history
editThe Kansas City Explorers were founded in 1993, and represented Kansas City in WTT for 20 seasons before moving to Irving, Texas, for the 2013 season. The Explorers were 2010 WTT Champions.
The Texas Wild were based in Irving for two seasons.
On February 23, 2015, WTT announced that a new ownership group had taken control of the Wild and moved the team to California, renaming it the California Dream.[1]
Upon the announcement of the franchise's move, WTT used a simple placeholder logo to represent the team on its website in lieu of the Wild logo.
The new Dream logo was unveiled at the WTT draft on March 16, 2015. There are two basic versions. The version including an outline of a map of the state of California (shown above) is used on both the WTT and Dream websites. An alternate version without the map (shown at the left) is used by the Dream on its Facebook and Twitter accounts.
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Mylan World TeamTennis Returns to Sacramento Area in 2015 with California Dream". World TeamTennis. February 23, 2015. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ^ "Sacramento pro tennis team folds". The Sacramento Bee. January 13, 2016.